Window-cleaner



(No Model.)

J. F. PEARSON.

WINDOW CLEANER.

No. 465,067. Patented Dec. 15, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT union.

JUDGE F. PEARSON, OF NORTH BERlVICK, MAINE.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,067, dated December15, 1891. Application filed July 2, 1891. Serial No. 398,292. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUDGE F. PEARSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Berwick, in the county of York and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful iVindow-Cleaner, of which the followingisa specification.

This invention relates to brushing and scrubbing devices of that classknown as window-cleaners, and the object of the same is to effectcertain improvements therein.

To this end the invention consists in the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and asillustrated on the sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a generalperspective showing the back of this device. Fig. 2 is an enlargedcentral longitudinal section thereof, showing in dotted lines the backas slightly raised.

Fig. 3 is a plan view with the back open and the cloth unfolded. Fig. 4is a plan view looking from the other side and showing the cloth asslightly withdrawn to permit the use of the squilgee. Fig. 5 is asectional detail of a modification.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter ll designates a handle, whichmay be of any suitable length, but preferablyis, as shown, a stubhandlewith an opening in which the handle proper is inserted. Secured to theend of this stub-handle is a rectangular wire frame F composed of asingle piece of wire bent into the shape shown in Fig. 3 and with itsends in contact, as at E, and then bent upwardly and secured in the endof the stub-handle, as seen in Fig. 2.

The letter B designates the back, Whichis preferably composed of tin andof a size to pass through the frame, the body of the back havingcorrugations or ribs R, as shown. The outer edge of this back is bent,as at 0, around the outer transverse bar of the frame F, on which itturns loosely, and is then closed upon itself, as at I, to form aspring-clamp, Within which may be held a rubber squilgee Q, projectingslightly beyond the frame F, as seen. From the rear face of the back,near its inner free edge, rise inwardly-facing hooks H and near itsouter edge inwardly-facing hooks h, and the body of the back may beprovided with upwardly-punched holes or other projections P to make theface of the back slightly rough. I

The letterC designates a cloth, which may be of any suitable size andthickness; but in applying it to the device so far described al isfolded or cut to the shape seen in Fig. 9. The frame is then laidthereon with the back open. The rear edge J of the cloth is folded overthe rear side of the frame F, as seen 1n this figure, and then the flapsor leaves L are folded inwardly, the first upon the body of the clothand the second upon the first. I The back is then turned in the properposition, when its free edge passes by a spring S, seated in the end ofthe handle, and the tip of this spring engages a depression Din theback,

the latter then pressing the cloth slightly through the frame, and theribs B and projections P making the cloth slightly rough on the face ofthe device. The outer edge of the cloth is then drawn tightly over thesquilgee Q and engaged beneath the hook h. If preferred, the rear edge Jneed not have been folded inwardly before the back was closed, in whichcase it may be at this time drawn tightly over the rear side of theframe and engaged over the hooks H. The device is now ready for cleaningglass, wood-work, wallpaper, or even the floor, and the cloth will holdwater much longer than those devices wherein it is not tightly stretchedand the water drips from the dangling or pendent ends. After a windowhas been cleaned and it is desired to use the squilgee the outer edge ofthe cloth is disengaged from the hook h and said cloth slipped slightlyto the rear on the side bars of the frame F, as seen inFig. at, when thesquilgee maybe used, as desired, and after this use the cloth may bereturned. To remove or replace the cloth, the above-described operationis reversed, the first operation being to depress the spring S, so asto.

allow the free edge of the back to rise.

The relative sizes and proportions as well as the materials of parts arematters of judgement, and considerable change in the details ofconstruction may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention. Among those that occur to me at. present would be to omit thesquilgee entirely, or possibly to substitute a brush therefor, as seenin Fig. 5.

handle normally preventing the rearfree edge What is claimed as newis 1. In a window-cleaner, the combination, with a rectanglar frame, ahandle secured thereto, a back pivotally mounted on the outer cross-barof the frame, and a spring on the of the back from rising, of a clothembracing the end bars of the frame and passing across the face of theback, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a window-cleaner, the combination, with a rectangular framecomposed of a single piece of wire whose ends are in contact at thecenter of the rear cross-bar of the frame and rise upwardly from saidpoint, a handle secured to said ends, and a spring mounted in the end ofthe handle and depending therefrom, of a back pivotally mounted on theouter cross-bar of the frame and of a size to pass through the frame,said back having a depression at its free edge to engage the tip of thespring, and a cloth embracing the end bars of the frame and the edges ofthe back and passing across the face of the latter, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a Window-cleaner, the combination, with a handle, a rectangularframe-work connected therewith, a back pivotally mounted on the outercross-bar of the frame,a squilgee secured to said back and projectingbeyond its pivotal edge, and connections between the free edge of theback and the handle, of a cloth embracing the end bars'of the frame andpassing across the face of the back, as set forth.

4. In a window-cleaner, the combination, with a handle, a frame-workconnected therewith, and a back located removably within said frame-workand having ribs and forward projections in its body, of a clothembracing the frame and passing across the face of the back,substantially as described.

5. In a window-cleaner, the combination, with a f tame-work, a backlocated removabl y therein, and hooks projecting from the rear face ofthe back and opening toward its center, of a cloth, its ends embracingthe end bars of the frame and its edges passing over the side barsthereof and over the edges of the back and engaging said hooks,substantially as hereinbefore described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JUDGE F. PEARSON.

W'itnesses:

WM. H. H. GooDwIN, JOHN F. STAPLES.

